In 1968, inventor Robert McCulloch purchased the decommissioned London Bridge for $2.4 million and began to move it to newly founded Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Each of the bridge’s 10,276 granite blocks were shipped by sea to Long Beach, then trucked to Arizona.

Back then, moving the London Bridge to the desert elicited chuckles and curiosity in California. But in recent years, increasing numbers of Californians are taking that same trek from the coast to start new lives in Lake Havasu.

The town famed for its spring break recreation might not be the first place that comes to mind when Californians think about relocating.

After all, in raw numbers, the biggest destination for Californians in the last few years has been Texas. When it comes to migration to Arizona, Maricopa County — home

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